japonica

[ juh-pon-i-kuh ]

/ dʒəˈpɒn ɪ kə /

the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.

Origin of japonica

1810–20; < New Latin, equivalent to Japon(ia) Japan + -ica, feminine of -icus -ic

This planting (Buckwalter) consists of Castanea mollissima, mollissima hybrids and Japonica (crenata).

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting |Northern Nut Growers Association
Japonica, jap-on′i-ka, n. an abbreviation for Pyrus japonica, the Japanese quince.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various
I don't think that japonica ever had as many flowers before; and what a season for tulips!

Barrington |Charles James Lever
The second popularly passes under the name of terra Japonica (Japan earth), from the old belief that it was of mineral origin.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley

Thus in ten days he found himself in the land of the palmetto and the japonica.

A Republic Without a President and Other Stories |Herbert Ward

japonica

/ (dʒəˈpɒnɪkə) /

Also called: Japanese quince, flowering quince a Japanese rosaceous shrub, Chaenomeles japonica, cultivated for its red flowers and yellowish fruit

another name for the camellia

C19: from New Latin, feminine of japonicus Japanese, from Japonia Japan